sbs1
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Parsing of SBS-1 Mode S ADS-B messages.
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This is a node.js module that parses ASCII messages containing Mode S ADS-B aircraft data that is in "SBS-1 BaseStation port 30003" format. This format has become a semi-standard way of sending ADS-B data.
SBS-1 messages are in a simple comma-delimited format. Here are some examples of the messages this module parses:
SEL,,496,2286,4CA4E5,27215,2010/02/19,18:06:07.710,2010/02/19,18:06:07.710,RYR1427
ID,,496,7162,405637,27928,2010/02/19,18:06:07.115,2010/02/19,18:06:07.115,EZY691A
AIR,,496,5906,400F01,27931,2010/02/19,18:06:07.128,2010/02/19,18:06:07.128
STA,,5,179,400AE7,10103,2008/11/28,14:58:51.153,2008/11/28,14:58:51.153,RM
CLK,,496,-1,,-1,2010/02/19,18:18:19.036,2010/02/19,18:18:19.036
MSG,1,145,256,7404F2,11267,2008/11/28,23:48:18.611,2008/11/28,23:53:19.161,RJA1118,,,,,,,,,,,
MSG,2,496,603,400CB6,13168,2008/10/13,12:24:32.414,2008/10/13,12:28:52.074,,,0,76.4,258.3,54.05735,-4.38826,,,,,,0
MSG,3,496,211,4CA2D6,10057,2008/11/28,14:53:50.594,2008/11/28,14:58:51.153,,37000,,,51.45735,-1.02826,,,0,0,0,0
MSG,4,496,469,4CA767,27854,2010/02/19,17:58:13.039,2010/02/19,17:58:13.368,,,288.6,103.2,,,-832,,,,,
MSG,5,496,329,394A65,27868,2010/02/19,17:58:12.644,2010/02/19,17:58:13.368,,10000,,,,,,,0,,0,0
MSG,6,496,237,4CA215,27864,2010/02/19,17:58:12.846,2010/02/19,17:58:13.368,,33325,,,,,,0271,0,0,0,0
MSG,7,496,742,51106E,27929,2011/03/06,07:57:36.523,2011/03/06,07:57:37.054,,3775,,,,,,,,,,0
MSG,8,496,194,405F4E,27884,2010/02/19,17:58:13.244,2010/02/19,17:58:13.368,,,,,,,,,,,,0
There's some documentation of the message format at http://woodair.net/SBS/Article/Barebones42_Socket_Data.htm
Here are some examples of using the module:
// Parse a string containing an SBS1 message.
var sbs1 = require('sbs1');
var s = 'MSG,3,496,211,4CA2D6,10057,2008/11/28,14:53:50.594,2008/11/28,14:58:51.153,,37000,,,51.45735,-1.02826,,,0,0,0,0';
var msg = sbs1.parseSbs1Message(s);
if (msg.message_type === sbs1.MessageType.TRANSMISSION &&
msg.transmission_type === sbs1.TransmissionType.ES_AIRBORNE_POS) {
console.log('coords: ' + msg.lat + ', ' + msg.lon);
}
// Connect to a server at localhost:30003 that is sending messages in SBS1
// format. You can pass an options object containing host and port to
// createClient to connect to a different server/port.
var sbs1 = require('sbs1');
var client = sbs1.createClient();
client.on('message', function(msg) {
if (msg.message_type === sbs1.MessageType.TRANSMISSION &&
msg.transmission_type === sbs1.TransmissionType.ES_AIRBORNE_POS) {
console.log('coords: ' + msg.lat + ', ' + msg.lon);
}
});
Parsed messages
Parsed messages have the following fields:
|Field |Description |
|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|message_type |See MessageType. |
|transmission_type|See TransmissionType. |
|session_id |String
. Database session record number. |
|aircraft_id |String
. Database aircraft record number. |
|hex_ident |String
. 24-bit ICACO ID, in hex. |
|flight_id |String
. Database flight record number. |
|generated_date |String
. Date the message was generated. |
|generated_time |String
. Time the message was generated. |
|logged_date |String
. Date the message was logged. |
|logged_time |String
. Time the message was logged. |
|callsign |String
. Eight character flight ID or callsign. |
|altitude |Integer
. [Mode C] 1 Altitude relative to 1013 mb (29.92" Hg). |
|ground_speed |Integer
. Speed over ground. |
|track |Integer
. Ground track angle. |
|lat |Float
. Latitude. |
|lon |Float
. Longitude |
|vertical_rate |Integer
. Climb rate. |
|squawk |String
. Assigned [Mode A] 1 squawk code. |
|alert |Boolean
. Flag to indicate that squawk has changed. |
|emergency |Boolean
. Flag to indicate emergency code has been set. |
|spi |Boolean
. Flag to indicate Special Position Indicator has been set. |
|is_on_ground |Boolean
. Flag to indicate ground squat switch is active. |
Not all message/transmission types will have values for all fields.
Missing values will be represented by null
or undefined
(an empty
comma-delimited value is null
).
Parsed messages have generated_timestamp()
and logged_timestamp()
methods that parse the corresponding date and time fields and return
Date
objects.
MessageType
There are 6 types of SBS-1 messages represented by the MessageType
enum:
|Enum |Value |
|------------------|--------|
|SELECTION_CHANGE
|"SEL"
|
|NEW_ID
|"ID"
|
|NEW_AIRCRAFT
|"AIR"
|
|STATUS_AIRCRAFT
|"STA"
|
|CLICK
|"CLK"
|
|TRANSMISSION
|"MSG"
|
SELECTION_CHANGE
, NEW_ID
, NEW_AIRCRAFT
, STATUS_CHANGE
, and
CLK
indicate changes in the state of the SBS-1 software and aren't
typically used by other systems.
TRANSMISSION
messages contain information sent by aircraft.
TransmissionType
There are 8 subtypes of transmission messages, specified by the
TransmissionType
enum:
|Enum |Value|Description |Spec |
|-----------------------|-----|-------------------------------|------------|
|ES_IDENT_AND_CATEGORY
|1
|ES identification and category |DF17 BDS 0,8|
|ES_SURFACE_POS
|2
|ES surface position message |DF17 BDS 0,6|
|ES_AIRBORNE_POS
|3
|ES airborne position message |DF17 BDS 0,5|
|ES_AIRBORNE_VEL
|4
|ES airborne velocity message |DF17 BDS 0,9|
|SURVEILLANCE_ALT
|5
|Surveillance alt message |DF4, DF20 |
|SURVEILLANCE_ID
|6
|Surveillance ID message |DF5, DF21 |
|AIR_TO_AIR
|7
|Air-to-air message |DF16 |
|ALL_CALL_REPLY
|8
|All call reply |DF11 |
Only ES_SURFACE_POS
and ES_AIRBORNE_POS
transmissions will have
position (latitude and longitude) information.